Cessna 152 N307DW
17 September 1998 · Ellington, Connecticut, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 September 1998 at about 00:40 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N307DW was involved in an accident near Ellington, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 00:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Ellington, Connecticut, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ellington Airport (7B9)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 152
- Registration
- N307DW
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Nashua → Windsor Locks
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- NYC98LA188
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
Was the flight instructors lack of supervision over the student pilot's preflight inspection of the airplane, and which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Factors were the night conditions and the soft terrain.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The student pilot and instructor planned on a night cross-country flight of 1 hour duration. The student pilot reported there was 2 hours of fuel onboard and the flight instructor accepted his word. The engine lost power as they neared their destination. The pilot picked an airport with non-standard, low intensity runway lights, and no rotating beacon for an emergency landing. When they finally acquired the field visually, there was insufficient altitude to reach it. The airplane landed in an open field with soft terrain and flipped over. Post accident interviews disclosed the student pilot had performed the pre-flight inspection. In addition, he was not familiar with the use of a device to measure the quantity of fuel in the tanks.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 152 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 1998 | Cessna 152 | Avalon, California, United States | Orange County Flight Center | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jun 1998 | Cessna 152 | Columbia, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Feb 1998 | Cessna 152 | Norman, Oklahoma, United States | Airman Flight School | No injuries | - |
| 19 Nov 1998 | Cessna 152 | Orinda, California, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 1 Aug 1998 | Cessna 152 | Culpeper, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jun 1998 | Cessna 152 | Santa Ana, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 3,030 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 1998 | Foreit SUPER CAT | Middlebury, Connecticut, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jan 1998 | Aerospatiale ATR-42-320 | Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States | Continental Express | Minor injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1998 | Gulfstream American AA-1 | Brooklyn, Connecticut, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Sep 1998 | Piper PA-18-150 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 1998 | Mooney M20J | Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States | Charles T Gunzburg | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 Jun 1998 | Cessna 172M | Hebron, Connecticut, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |